Valencia Marathon

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Valencia Marathon
Maraton-valencia.jpg
Finish area at Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe
DateEarly December
Location Valencia, Spain
Event type Road
World Athletics Cat.Label Platinium
Distance Marathon, 10K run
Primary sponsor EDP
Established1981(43 years ago) (1981)
Course recordsMen: 2:01:48 (2023)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Sisay Lemma
Women: 2:14:58 (2022)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Amane Beriso
Official site Valencia Marathon
Participants30,000 (2022)
134 finishers (2020) [1]
21,225 (2019)
19,504 (2018)

The Valencia Marathon (also known as Marathon Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon road running event hosted by Valencia, Spain, since 1981. It is categorized as a Platinum Label Road Race by World Athletics. [2] The race is organised by the Valencian sports club SD Correcaminos  [ es ], which also organises the annual Valencia Half Marathon.

Contents

The marathon is ranked Nº1 amongst marathons in the Spanish Road Races Ranking. [3]

History

The marathon was first held in 1981 [4] as a popular race known as the Marató Popular de València.

From 2011 to 2014, the marathon was known as the Divina Pastora Valencia Marathon. [5]

In 2015, the marathon was known as the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Marathon. [5]

On 7 September 2020, the race organizer announced the cancellation of the 2020 in-person edition of the mass race due to the coronavirus pandemic, with all registrants given the option of running the race virtually, transferring their entry to 2021, or obtaining a full refund. [6] Three days later, on 10 September, the organizer announced that an "Elite Edition" of the race would be held on 6 December, and that the event would also include a half marathon race that year. [7] [8] [9] Both races would use a course very similar to that used in the Valencia Half Marathon, with marathoners running two laps of the course. [10] [11] [lower-alpha 1] On the day of the race, four half marathon runners broke the previous world record of 58:01, with Kenyan Kibiwott Kandie setting a new world record of 57:32. [13] [14] In addition, four marathon runners broke the previous course record of 2:03:51, with Kenyan Evans Chebet setting a new course record of 2:03:00, the sixth-fastest marathon at the time, while Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir also broke the previous course record of 2:18:30 with a new course record of 2:17:16, the fifth-fastest marathon at the time. [10] [1] [15] [16] [lower-alpha 2]

In 2023, Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia broke the course record with a time of 2:01:48. [17] The previous record was held by Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya. [17]

Course

External images
Searchtool.svg Course map of full marathon in 2019 [12]
Searchtool.svg Course map of full marathon in 2020 [10]
Searchtool.svg Course map of half marathon in 2020 [10]
Passing Torres de Serranos in 2006 Marato de Valencia 2006 al seu pas per les Torres de Serrans.JPG
Passing Torres de Serranos in 2006

The marathon runs on roughly a loop course that begins at Pont de Montolivet  [ ca ] and ends next to the nearby Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe. [18] [19] [12]

The course for the elite-only races in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic used a modified version of the Valencia Half Marathon course, with marathon runners running two laps. [11] [10]

Winners

Key:

   Course record (in bold)
   National championship race

Marathon

Ed.YearMen's winnerTime [lower-alpha 3] Women's winnerTime [lower-alpha 3] Rf.
11981Flag of Spain.svg  Teodoro Pérez  (ESP)2:26:57Flag of Spain.svg  Nuria de Miguel  (ESP)3:20:50
21982Flag of Spain.svg  Antonio Castells  (ESP)2:28:19Flag of Spain.svg  Nuria de Miguel  (ESP)3:29:26
31983Flag of Spain.svg  Teodoro Pérez  (ESP)2:20:58Flag of Spain.svg  María Victoria García  (ESP)3:14:43
41984Flag of Spain.svg  Vicente Antón  (ESP)2:14:01Flag of Spain.svg  Juana María Pablos  (ESP)2:57:28
51985Flag of Spain.svg  Ramiro Matamoros  (ESP)2:16:56Flag of Spain.svg  Nuria de Miguel  (ESP)3:03:49
61986Flag of Poland.svg  Paweł Lorens  (POL)2:16:31Flag of Poland.svg  Małgorzata Szumińska  (POL)2:46:31
71987Flag of Poland.svg  Mirosław Bugaj  (POL)2:19:06Flag of Poland.svg  Ewa Wrzosek  (POL)2:46:54
81988Flag of Spain.svg  Alfonso Abellán  (ESP)2:14:42Flag of Spain.svg  María Luisa Irízar  (ESP)2:41:03
91989Flag of Poland.svg  Mirosław Dzienisik  (POL)2:19:09Flag of Spain.svg  Elisenda Pucurull  (ESP)2:46:19
101990Flag of Cuba.svg  Radamés González  (CUB)2:15:57Flag of Spain.svg  Elisenda Pucurull  (ESP)2:43:36
111991Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Prokhorov  (URS)2:17:15Flag of Spain.svg  Elisenda Pucurull  (ESP)2:43:14
121992Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Cephas Matafi  (ZIM)2:15:14Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Yekaterina Khramenkova  (BLR)2:36:03
131993Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg  Leonid Shvetsov  (RUS)2:15:04Flag of Spain.svg  Mónica Pont  (ESP)2:35:30
141994Flag of Russia.svg  Yevgeniy Zarakovskiy  (RUS)2:16:20Flag of Russia.svg  Zinaida Semenova  (RUS)2:34:08
151995Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars Andervang  (SWE)2:19:20Flag of Russia.svg  Valentina Lyakhova  (RUS)2:46:34
161996Flag of Spain.svg  Eduardo Alcaina  (ESP)2:17:53Flag of Russia.svg  Zinaida Semenova  (RUS)2:43:05
171997Flag of Spain.svg  Eduardo Alcaina  (ESP)2:18:07Flag of Spain.svg  Faustina María Ramos  (ESP)2:53:35
181998Flag of Kenya.svg  Samuel Okemwa  (KEN)2:19:51Flag of Spain.svg  Esther Pedrosa  (ESP)2:44:30
191999Flag of Kenya.svg  Jackton Odhiambo  (KEN)2:15:35Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Sokolova  (RUS)2:42:27
202000Flag of Kenya.svg  Thomas Magut  (KEN)2:15:05Flag of Spain.svg  María Luisa Muñoz  (ESP)2:32:34
212001Flag of Kenya.svg  John Miaka  (KEN)2:13:46Flag of Spain.svg  María Luisa Larraga  (ESP)2:30:10
222002Flag of Kenya.svg  Samuel Tangus  (KEN)2:13:05Flag of Spain.svg  María Abel  (ESP)2:28:08
232003Flag of Kenya.svg  Samuel Tangus  (KEN)2:14:43Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Mulu Seboka  (ETH)2:46:33
242004Flag of Kenya.svg  Eric Kiptum  (KEN)2:14:32Flag of Lithuania.svg  Živilė Balčiūnaitė  (LTU)2:41:05
252005Flag of Morocco.svg  Rachid Ghanmouni  (MAR)2:14:03Flag of Russia.svg  Nadezhda Zolotareva  (RUS)2:43:24
262006Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Derba Bedade  (ETH)2:14:23Flag of Spain.svg  Teresa Gracia  (ESP)2:57:02
272007Flag of Kenya.svg  Samson Loywapet  (KEN)2:12:04Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Alemu Zinash  (ETH)2:39:08
282008Flag of Kenya.svg  Philip Manyim  (KEN)2:11:29Flag of Spain.svg  María José Pueyo  (ESP)2:32:22
292009Flag of Spain.svg  Andrés Micó  (ESP)2:26:43Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Maxine McKinnon  (GBR)2:50:46
302010Flag of Kenya.svg  David Njagi  (KEN)2:09:45Flag of Kenya.svg  Gladys Chebet  (KEN)2:42:06
312011Flag of Kenya.svg  Isaiah Kiplagat  (KEN)2:07:59Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Marshet Jimma  (ETH)2:34:23
322012Flag of Kenya.svg  Luka Kanda  (KEN)2:08:14Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Birhane Dibaba  (ETH)2:29:22
332013Flag of Kenya.svg  Felix Keny  (KEN)2:07:14Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Azalech Masresha  (ETH)2:27:01
342014Flag of Kenya.svg  Jacob Kendagor  (KEN)2:08:39Flag of Namibia.svg  Beata Naigambo  (NAM)2:30:54
352015Flag of Kenya.svg  John Mwangangi  (KEN)2:06:13Flag of Namibia.svg  Beata Naigambo  (NAM)2:26:57
362016Flag of Kenya.svg  Victor Kipchirchir  (KEN)2:07:36Flag of Kenya.svg  Valary Aiyabei  (KEN)2:24:46 [20] [5]
372017Flag of Kenya.svg  Sammy Kitwara  (KEN)2:05:15Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Aberu Zennebe  [ ca ] (ETH)2:26:17 [20] [5]
382018Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Leul Gebresilase  (ETH)2:04:31Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ashete Bekere  (ETH)2:21:14
392019Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kinde Atanaw  (ETH)2:03:51Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Roza Dereje  (ETH)2:18:30 [21]
402020Flag of Kenya.svg  Evans Chebet  (KEN)2:03:00Flag of Kenya.svg  Peres Jepchirchir  (KEN)2:17:16 [16]
412021Flag of Kenya.svg  Lawrence Cherono  (KEN)2:05:11Flag of Kenya.svg  Nancy Jelagat  (KEN)2:19:30 [22]
42 2022Flag of Kenya.svg  Kelvin Kiptum  (KEN)2:01:53Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Amane Beriso  (ETH)2:14:58 [23]
432023Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Sisay Lemma  (ETH)2:01:48Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Worknesh Degefa  (ETH)2:15:51 [24]

Half marathon

The 40th edition of the marathon, held during the coronavirus pandemic, was an elite-only event that also included a half marathon race. [10] [8] [9]

YearMale WinnerTimeFemale WinnerTimeRf.
2020
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kibiwott Kandie  (KEN)
57:32  WR
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Genzebe Dibaba  (ETH)
1:05:18 [25]
Sources:

Wins by country

CountryMen's raceWomen's raceTotal
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 91726
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 18422
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 41115
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 358
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 325
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 022
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 101
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 101
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 101
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 101
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 011
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 011
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 011

Notes

  1. ↑ The marathon normally consisted of only one loop, and traversed areas of the city that the half marathon did not. [12]
  2. ↑ Jepchirchir also broke her previous personal best of 2:23:50 by over six minutes. [16]
  3. 1 2 h:m:s

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